October 2019
Language Games
The inspiration for writing this blog post came to me while trying to have a conversation with my mother. Keyword: trying. It has become increasingly difficult...
Continue reading...Influences of Digital Media on Artists
43,440.00 Seconds Less
Or a difference of little over two hours. Hello and a warm welcome from me, the President of the Procrastination Club, honorary member of the Intrinsic...
Continue reading...Baby-Hitler and mums on Facebook
Most of us began using social media when we were in our pre-teens. As for Facebook, I remember ruthlessly lying about my age when I first...
Continue reading...Religion and Digital Media
In the two weeks time I was working on my midterm paper of Sociology of Religion. It is interesting to me when I read scholars debated...
Continue reading...The new road of academics: TV series
* Spoiler warning for The Good Place* A couple of nights ago I finally got the time to watch the new episodes of The Good Place....
Continue reading...I know you, you don’t know me
We have all heard someone say that they are “stalking” someone else, while referring to the action of looking up someone on google or on social...
Continue reading...The Magic of Subtitles
When I first came to the Netherlands, I was afraid that I won’t be able to communicate with the locals as I only speak very few...
Continue reading...Digital Media As An Accelerator Of Perfectionism
Can you remember when you first heard of the concept, ‘mental health’? (I can’t.) I don’t remember being informed about mental health, its examples and potential...
Continue reading...Youtube censorship
In June 2019, YouTube temporarily suspended the account of the archive of Alkmaar. Their reason? The archive uploaded historical footage on their account, including a few...
Continue reading...To Break Two.
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but something extraordinary happened this weekend. On Saturday, the 12th of October, Eliud Kipchoge became the first person in history...
Continue reading...How a 80s commercial failure became a luxury good
Finally it’s here, my long awaited video
Yes, I did it. I have created and uploaded a video in which I’m discussing four games that all revolve around communities and their social dynamics....
Continue reading...Assistive Technologies on Smartphones
Video games, gamers and the Revolution of our Age
Background information Blizzard Entertainment is an American video game developer and publisher based in California, most widely known for the Warcraft and Diablo series. Tencent is...
Continue reading...Video:Internet Freedom
I did not exactly feel like writing a blogpost so I made an informative yet dramatic video called “On Online Freedom”, enjoy!
Continue reading...A (digital) loveletter to my iPod classic
Whilst cleaning my old room at my parents, I found my red iPod Nano. My parents had gifted me this ‘dumb’ device in 2007, when I was...
Continue reading...Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out.
Pop a tab, slip under an MRI and what you would see might surprise you. Brain networks that normally handle vision, attention, movement and hearing communicate...
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